Thursday Thirteen

(& What Precious grandkids I have...........)

1. Fall is my favorite time of year, I love the colors & the smells :)


2. The weather has been gorgeous!!


3. Tomorrow is Tim's back surgery


4. Please remember to pray for us


5. Tim's brother, Paul, has been hospitalized in Paris, France while trying to get home to New Braunfels (from Chad, Africa) for his 28 days off


6. It was thought he had a blood clot in his leg, but has turned out to be an infection


7. Please pray for Paul and his wife Shirley, too.


8. Kendall is enjoying his job at Shepler's in Austin


9. He knows how to block hats and is learning how to make the hat crown creases


10. Claire is teething & Will is potty training & Lauren is a great mommy


11. I have made significant progress in Christmas shopping!


12. I need to order my Christmas paper from Current


13. My porch fall decorations are really pretty :> Come see them!

101-202 things you never knew about me......

1. August is so hot in Houston that I don’t go outside and bother watering my potted plants, I just let them die


2. I used to have nightmares about being in small covered places I.e., like stuck under the bed, in a culvert, under an old house crawl space.


3. When I was little I couldn’t sleep if my closet door was open, it had to be all the way shut


4. There was an episode of Fix up that house with a plumber under the crawl space of an old house & I couldn’t watch it.


5. My Grandpa was the preacher at my church when I was young and he baptized me.


6. I was in the choir in high school and won a 1st place medal in a quartet at UIL


7. I was the video drama director/cinematographer/producer for the teens at church for 2 years - 01’ +& 02’ and we had rave reviews from judges at the LTC conference and the kids all won gold medals for their work


8. I own 37 pairs of shoes (I guessed the first time around)


9. I used to go country and western dancing when I was a teenager
10. I don’t know how to upload the pictures from my digital camera


11. I wore contacts only for about 13 years, I didn’t even own a back up pair of glasses


12. I get migraines a couple of times a month :<


13. I sleep with my socks on


14. I almost drowned in Lake Houston when I was young, my mom pulled me up by my hair


15. I have 2 magazine subscriptions: Better Homes and Gardens, Traditional Homes


16. I spent a lot of time reading in a willow tree in my backyard as a young girl


17. I am currently reading "Eat, Pray, Love"


18. I used to go to Sunday lunch with my Grandparents to Piccadilly cafeteria. to KFC or home to dinner if guests were coming


19. My hair has an annoying wave that runs at an angle across the back of my head


20. It has given my hairdressers fits over the years


21. I was a daddy’s girl


22. I was a tomboy


23. I played outside in the yards & in the forest near our house.


24. Chase, red rover and kickball were my favorites


25. I had mostly guy neighborhood friends


26. My two neighborhood girlfriends were both named Jenny


27. I got bucked off my cousin’s horse twice in one day, into a clothesline, and into a pig pen


28. I wanted to enjoy our pool a lot this summer, but it was the wettest summer ever


29. Going to the rodeo once every 3 years is enough for me
30. Baseball is my favorite professional sport


31. The Astros are my favorite team


32. I attended the NLCS play-off game in 86 and sat through the entire 13inning game against the Mets


33. I saw the Rockets in the NBA playoffs in 94 & 95


34. I saw Loggins and Messina in concert as a teenage


35. I took Lauren to see James Taylor in concert when she was a tween (Tim is a big fan~ but he was sick & unable to go


36. I saw Fleetwood Mac in concert at the Summit in Houston and it was awesome.


37. I like the OPI nail colors names- they are fun: “Cha ching Cherry“, shoot out at the OK corral“, “Skinny dipping in Lake Michigan”, “I’m really not a waitress” are some of my favorites.


38. I really like going to high school (and college Scott!) musicals


39. I like to sit by the window when I fly


40. I had TMJ really bad several years ago & could hardly open my mouth


41. I had shots in my jaw by our Korean alternative medicine Dr. (lovingly called our witchdoctor)


42. They really hurt, but I could open my mouth MUCH wider when I left his office & could eat hamburgers again


43. I don’t let my dentist use a bite block in my mouth anymore (I’m convinced that caused the TMJ)


44. Tim & I talked about adopting a child as well as having our own before we were married.


45. My kids won’t let me dance, even in the car :<


46. I can sew enough to do repairs, make Halloween costumes, etc… but am not a happy sewer on dresses, etc… (Tim used to make the kids leave the room or the house)


47. I learned how to paint icing on cookies one year ago (thanks Mary), it’s a lot of fun!


48. I got my ears pierced when I was sixteen


49. My holes never grew over, even when I didn’t wear earrings for a really long time


50. I remember not wearing seatbelts as a child


51. I remember my brother hitting the dashboard.


52. I remember many times crying in the floorboard as my mom was taking me to get shots from our family Dr


53. I remember the medicinal smell of the County health clinics


54. I flew into Washington DC on 10/11 one month after 9/11


55. I have worshipped at Washington National Cathedral 2x


56. I really want to go on a cruise with some of our couple friends or with family


57. I remember my grandpa smelled like a mixture of olives and cherries, he worked in a food bottling factory


58. I did not go to Kindergarten


59. I went to a private Baptist school for First grade


60. I started first grade a year early


61. My first grade teacher wanted me to skip 2nd grade and go straight to 3rd. My parents wisely said no.


62. I have a lot of crowns in my mouth


63. People comment on my straight teeth


64. I never wore braces


65. I drink milk every night before I (brush my teeth &) go to bed


66. I haven’t exercised at the gym in over a year


67. I belong to 24 hour fitness


68. 2 years ago I had a personal trainer for 5 months a. my trainer looked like a Greek god b.my trainer needed a psychologist or at least a good counselor


69. I got into really good shape then and lost 3 dress sizes


70. I am planning on starting my Masters degree in Nursing next Spring


71. I can’t wear long or really dangling or really big earrings


72. It makes me feel like I look like a hooker (I don't mind if other people wear them & don't think that of them :?, weird I know)


73. I have been bad and not sent out Christmas cards the last two years


74. My brakes have gone out on me 3 times in my life


75. I was scared, but handled it calmly & didn’t get hit or hurt


76. I have never ran out of gas in my life


77. My HS girlfriends and I watched the sunrise while sitting on a hole of the golf course than ran through the neighborhood where our school was.


78. On the way to pick up Kendall a spectacular rainbow appeared against a very dark sky- it was beautiful, we got it on film


79. Some of my favorite sunsets so far have been on the Destin beach


80. I enjoyed Lauren having slumber parties


81. I enjoyed Kendall’s pool/pool parties


82. I would like to live in a loft or in a high-rise


83. I am looking forward to going to Destin with my grandchildren


84. Autumn is my favorite season of the year


85. My favorite books of the Bible: New Testament-Ephesians, Old Testament -Isaiah


86. My favorite apostle is Paul


87. People tell me I sound like I’m from Minnesota


88. I’ve never been to Minnesota in my life


89. I am really hoping to visit Tracey in Thailand in 2009


90. My cell phone plays “hello, I love you won’t you tell me your name!” when it rings :>


91. I like to make lists and cross things off when I accomplish them (I.e., when getting ready for a party or to plan my Saturday)


92. I wish I had invented baby stretchy headbands (AKA baby head tourniquets) and if I had Lauren would have worn them


93. I attended BSF for 1 ½ years and loved the indepth Bible study


94. I wrecked my car in 2002 4mos before it was paid off :<


95. I am blessed to have both my parents still living and relatively healthy.


96. I hate cigarette smoke!!


97. I can only float in salt water (another reason to love Destin!)


98. I ride the park & ride bus to work as much as possible


99. I enjoy scrap booking & find it therapeutic to remember relatives who have passed away with a scrapbook for the family.


100. I occasionally buy myself fresh flowers just to enjoy them in our home


101. Spelling comes easy for me


102. I was in drill team in high school and we had to wear wigs to all look alike

OK, whew..... now you really know a lot about me!!!!!!!!!